Mark 14:65
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him: Give a response. And the attendants struck him with their open hands.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
64You have heard his impious speech. What think you? They all condemned him to be a subject of death.
66And while Peter was in the court below, one of the maidservants of the chief priest came;
Cross References
Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face, and strike him with their fists; some struck him with the open hand,
Mark 15:19And they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and bowing their knees, did him homage.
John 18:22When he had spoken thus, one of the attendants, who was standing by, struck Jesus with his open hand, saying: Do you answer the chief priest thus?
Matthew Henry on Mark 14:54-66
Christ Brought before the High Priest. 53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. 57 And there… Read the whole commentary →